“Other iPod and iPhone accessories manufacturers, including Playa Vista (Calif.)-based Belkin and Nashville-based Griffin, have announced iPad accessories such as cases and screen-care kits. Apple also makes many accessories, including chargers, keyboard docks, and carrying cases. ‘It’s going to be an incredibly important portion of our business,’ says Jamie Elgie, director of product management for mobility at Belkin. ‘We believe (iPad accessories) could be as big as our businesses for iPod and iPhone.’ An average cell-phone owner purchases about $60 worth of accessories, according to ABI Research,” Kharif reports. “Consumers spent $8.4 billion on mobile-phone accessories in 2009, according to NPD Group.”
Kharif reports, “It’s possible that iPad owners will spend more on accessories [than iPhone and iPod owners], some analysts say. The iPad is larger, more versatile, and generally pricier than the iPod and iPhone. It may also lend itself to longer usage, Elgie says. To make the tablet more useful within the car, home, or office, users will need more accessories, he says.”
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I would like one with a night
light!
I’d like a bike mount. Or maybe a wall mount. And drumsticks for the drum pad app. Ooh, ooh! Bezel doodle pens! In colors!
All I’d really like at iPad’s release is a slimline cork sleeve/case from Tom Bihn to match my Archetype laptop case. Good lord, what a beautiful case. I hope TB make it again soon. (It apparently stopped being made a little while ago.) Or maybe something in bamboo.
I’m hoping for a magnetic iPad holder for the fridge door.
It definitely needs more cowbell.
Yes, more cowbell /Users/donwoodhead/Desktop/GIFs/shade_grin.gif
A good camera that can be pointed either forward or backwards.
Cup holder
Bluetooth keyboard
Air Mouse
waterproof case (hey it rains here)
projector with a dock for presentation purposes
Mount to go on toilet paper holder
One thing that would sell great would be a portfolio type case with a built-in bluetooth keyboard.
How about a simple GPS thingy so we can use the mega screen as a super duper GPS.
Need a car holder too since I don’t see a giant suction thing on the back of the iPad. Would hide most of the view!
…please?
And matching shoes, of course.
“I’m hoping for a magnetic iPad holder for the fridge door.”
That’s actually an interesting idea. Something to allow the iPad an instant face high vertical hold. Like anti-gravity.
Re: “I’m hoping for a magnetic iPad holder for the fridge door.”
We’re working on one right now. Stay tuned. Check out http://www.solveitstore.com/blogs/news/1748412-coming-soon-ipad-grip for more.